Lawmaker proposes background checks for knives*

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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker is trying to draw attention to what he sees as the absurdity of gun-control legislation, so he's proposing background checks on knife sales in Oregon

Sen. Brian Boquist of Dallas doesn't intend for his bill to pass.

He says he wants to "broaden the discussion on school violence and mass attacks." He says "it's not simply a firearms issue."

The Oregonian reports that the bill is modeled after legislation requiring background checks on gun sales.

Key Democratic lawmakers have said they won't push for limits on military-style, semi-automatic weapons or large-capacity magazines, but they're looking to expand background checks to cover all gun sales and transfers in Oregon.

Nigel Jaquiss, a reporter at KATU’s news partners at Willamette Week, and KATU’s Hillary Lake join host Steve Dunn to discuss the lawsuits surrounding Oregon’s failed Cover Oregon, those personal emails Kitzhaber’s office asked to be deleted from state servers and the investigations into him and his fiancée, Cylvia Hayes.